# Very Short stories **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 26, 2006, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-short-stories/377927 "2006-10-26T01:27:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-short-stories/377927/41 "2006-10-26T15:36:17Z")
Careful with that axe, Eugene. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-short-stories/377927/42 "2006-10-26T15:45:06Z")
“I think, therefore I am. _Not!!_” ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-short-stories/377927/43 "2006-10-26T16:14:44Z")
[QUOTE=CalMeacham] **(Buffalo)[sup]8[/sup]** > **[Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_buffalo)** > > Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo is a sentence that is grammatically correct in English that is often presented as an example of how homonyms and homophones can be used to create complicated linguistic constructs through lexical ambiguity. It has been discussed in literature in various forms since 1967, when it appeared in Dmitri Borgmann's Beyond Language: Adventures in Word and Thought. In meaning, the sentence describes a cycle of violence among bovids: > "Buffal... [/QUOTE] **CalMeacham** for the win! “Checkmate? Crap, how can that be?” ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-short-stories/377927/44 "2006-10-26T17:11:58Z")
1920’s Style Death Ray? ZAP! ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-short-stories/377927/45 "2006-10-26T17:43:48Z")
It’s a sled. ---
**Author:** ![Smitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@Smitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smitty)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-short-stories/377927/46 "2006-10-26T17:48:02Z")
It’s the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man. ---
**Author:** ![Improv\_Geek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b3f665/32.png) [@Improv\_Geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Improv_Geek)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-short-stories/377927/47 "2006-10-26T17:48:36Z")
“Smile for me sunshine. Smile please.” ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2006, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-short-stories/377927/48 "2006-10-27T01:48:56Z")
“Couldn’t shoot elephant at this dis-” ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2006, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-short-stories/377927/49 "2006-10-27T01:55:03Z")
Here comes dread Cthulhu. Ia! Ia! ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2006, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-short-stories/377927/50 "2006-10-27T02:14:00Z")
Nothing happened. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2006, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-short-stories/377927/51 "2006-10-27T02:24:05Z")
Mystery: _A crime occurred. He solved it._ Alternate history: _Things happened differently after Hitler won._ Historical epic: _Many events have happened around here._ Romantic comedy: _Despite unlikely incidents, they happily wed._ ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2006, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-short-stories/377927/52 "2006-10-27T03:56:34Z")
“The Waldorf=Astoria is sinking” “Again?” ---
**Author:** ![DoctorJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctorj/32/2904_2.png) [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2006, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-short-stories/377927/53 "2006-10-27T04:13:54Z")
Back in residency, I once gave what I called the World’s Shortest Patient Presentation: Patient fell off a barstool. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2006, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-short-stories/377927/54 "2006-10-27T04:14:30Z")
“Damn it!” she cried. “My husband!” ---
**Author:** ![ZebraShaSha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/eada6e/32.png) [@ZebraShaSha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZebraShaSha)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2006, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-short-stories/377927/55 "2006-10-27T04:46:45Z")
Meh. ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2006, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-short-stories/377927/56 "2006-10-27T05:57:57Z")
“Oh God! Oh God! Oh God!” ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2006, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-short-stories/377927/57 "2006-10-27T06:03:29Z")
Nympho Panda, eats, shoots…and leaves. ---
**Author:** ![drillrod](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@drillrod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drillrod)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2006, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-short-stories/377927/58 "2006-10-27T06:29:11Z")
Alone, he wept. You weren’t supposed to help her. Time enough at last…my glasses! ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2006, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-short-stories/377927/59 "2006-10-27T06:36:50Z")
Bush, spiteful, pushes the button. **Boom!** ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2006, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-short-stories/377927/60 "2006-10-27T11:11:06Z")
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